While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, April 11, 2025
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US President Donald J. Trump listening to remarks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 10.
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Trump tariff hike brings added China rate to 145%
US President Donald Trump’s steep tariff hike targeting Chinese goods, which took effect on April 10, brings Washington’s additional rate on many products to 145 per cent, the White House confirmed.
Since returning to the presidency on Jan 20, Mr Trump has imposed waves of tariffs on sectors like steel and aluminum imports, as well as autos.
Most recently, he slapped a baseline 10 per cent tariff on most US trading partners – but on April 9 the president announced a 90-day halt in higher duties for dozens of countries. This pause came into effect on April 10 and lifts July 9, a White House order showed.
But Trump has also doubled down by raising new tariffs on Chinese imports to 125 per cent. The figure stacks atop a 20 per cent additional duty from earlier in the year over China’s alleged role in the fentanyl supply chain.
Wall St ends sharply lower amid tariff risks
REUTERS
Wall Street stocks tumbled on April 10 on mounting worries over the economic impact of US President Donald Trump’s multi-front tariff war.
All three major US stock indexes suffered steep losses, forfeiting much of the previous session’s gains as growing concerns over the escalating Washington-Beijing trade face-off dampened optimism over upbeat economic data and US-Europe trade negotiations.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,014.79 points, or 2.5 per cent, to 39,593.66. The S&P 500 lost 188.85 points, or 3.46 per cent, at 5,268.05 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 737.66 points, or 4.31 per cent, to 16,387.31.
Helicopter crashes in New York’s Hudson River
A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York on April 10, emergency services said, as local media reported multiple deaths in the incident.
Several people were pulled from the water and taken to a hospital in New Jersey, the NBC4 broadcaster reported citing law enforcement at the scene, adding that four had died.
ABC7 reported three fatalities, although emergency services had yet to confirm any toll.
Britain’s Prince Harry meets war victims in Ukraine
Britain’s Prince Harry met victims of war in Ukraine as part of his work with wounded veterans, a spokesperson said on April 10.
Harry, who served 10 years in the British Army, visited the Superhumans Centre, an orthopaedic clinic in the western Ukraine city of Lviv that provides care and rehabilitation for wounded military personnel and civilians.
The Duke of Sussex, who lives in California with his wife Meghan and their two children, was in London this week for a court case about changes to his security in Britain. Harry stepped back from his royal duties in 2020.
UK court papers accuse Tate of pointing gun at woman
AFP
Self-avowed misogynist influencer Andrew Tate has been accused of pointing a gun at a woman’s face, according to court documents seen on April 10 which detail sexual violence allegations from four women in Britain.
The papers accuse Tate of rape and sexual assault, and were filed as part of a civil case the women are bringing in the London High Court.
The British-American influencer is facing legal action in several countries, including some cases where he is accused alongside his brother Tristan Tate.
